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A senior IDBI Bank official allegedly conspired with businessman Vijay Mallya for sanction and disbursement of loan to the latter's Kingfisher Airlines, the Central Bureau of Investigation said in its supplementary chargesheet filed in a Mumbai court. Mallya is an accused in the alleged Rs 900-crore IDBI Bank-Kingfisher Airlines loan fraud case, which is being probed by the CBI. The Central agency had recently filed a supplementary chargesheet before a special CBI court here. As per the chargesheet, former IDBI Bank general manager Buddhadev Dasgupta abused his position, conspired with colleagues and Mallya in the matter of sanction and disbursement of short term loan (STL) of Rs 150 crore to Kingfisher Airlines in October 2009. Along with 11 accused named in the earlier chargesheets, the CBI has added the name of Dasgupta in the supplementary chargesheet filed recently. As per the CBI, the STL was requested for six months to meet certain critical obligations to overseas vendors,
The government on Friday said the disinvestment of IDBI Bank is on track as per the defined strategic sale process. Debunking media reports which indicated a possibility of deferment of IDBI Bank disinvestment, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said the stake sale is in the post-EoI stage. "The transaction continues to be on track as per the defined process in post-EoI stage following receipts of multiple EoIs," DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted. The government and the LIC are together selling about 61 per cent stake in IDBI Bank and had in January received multiple Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for the same. DIPAM, which manages government holding in state-owned enterprises, in October last year invited EoIs for selling a 30.48 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, along with LIC's 30.24 per cent stake in the bank. The government and LIC together hold a 94.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, which will come down to 34 per cent after the strategic ...
The government is expecting to get financial bids for IDBI Bank's strategic sale by September, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. Several global and domestic institutions have expressed interest in buying about 61 per cent of the government and Life Insurance Corporation's (LIC) stake in IDBI Bank and had put in preliminary bids, the last date of which was January 7. Overall, we are looking at financial bids at least before second half (October-March) of next fiscal year, Pandey told PTI in an interview. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), which manages government holding in state-owned enterprises, had in October invited bids for selling 30.48 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, along with 30.24 per cent stake of LIC. The government and LIC together hold 94.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank, which will come down to 34 per cent after the strategic sale. Talking about the way forward in the strategic sale, Pandey said the work on two set of clearances ...